How to check access to Shared Resources (note XP is limited to 10 simultaneous Connections)

Once you have shared a resource (a disk or folder or printer) in Windows XP Professional orWindows XP Home, you can check the access to these resources via the network:select in the Control-panel : "Administrative Tools" : Management of Shared Folders is part of "Computer Management" :Select in the left Tree-View Window under "System Tools" : "Shared Folders":Under "Shares", you get the display of all shared resources, either defined by a user or the invisible System Shares (names with the "$"-sign at the end ) :Under "Sessions", you get a list of Users (and the name of their computers), which arecurrently connected via the network to your system :

To terminate a session ( to disconnect a user), right-click on a user and selectto "Close Session"If you right-click in the list-windows BUT NOT on any user, you get a differentpop-up menu allowing to "Disconnect All Sessions"

Under "Open Files" you get a list of all folders and files in use via a network user :

To close a file, right-click on the file and select to "Close Open File".

When you are using your Windows XP system as a File-server of a network of system,how many systems can connect (use a shared resource ) at the same time to a Windows XP-system ?

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How to check access to Shared Resources (note XP is limited to 10 simultaneous Connections)

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